They are valuable as a food source and have become notorious as an intentionally released The Channidae are well represented in the fossil record and known from numerous specimens.
The current Maryland record holder is Andy Fox, who used an arrow to skewer a 19.90-pound snakehead in May 2018.
He’s caught a lot of big snakeheads, he says, and some of them were trophy-sized, if not record, fish.Perhaps that explains why Tankersley’s 19-pound 5-ounce catch, which was certified as the world record by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) in October, remained under the radar.“I fish for snakeheads a lot, mainly throwing topwater plugs from my kayak,” Tankersley told The next day, his catch was confirmed by a Virginia’s Department of Game and Inland Fisheries biologist, who also helped Tankersley with the IGFA paperwork.
Tankersley’s catch is now the new All-Tackle world record, certified by the International Game Fish Association. "The Ultimate Monster Fish: The Frankenfish Snakehead", Carina Suarez, 28 July 2014, What’s not to love? Newton's fish bests the previous record catch of a 17-pound, 4-ounce northern snakehead in 2004 in Japan, according to the International Game … The Woolford Country Store near the Blackwater National Refuge and the venerable Angler’s Sport Center in Annapolis have launched season-long tournaments. Live minnows fished under bobbers or popping corks work even better.As the fish have spread, the fishing has become popular, and snakehead tournaments have sprung up.
Today they’re found throughout the Chesapeake watershed, especially in brackish and fresh tidal waters where they lurk among the vegetation to ambush prey. Virginia does not recognize this non-native, invasive species for state record consideration, but the agency biologists will confirm the species when asked.IGFA’s certification process is extensive and time-consuming in order to assure authenticity, which explains why it took six months for Tankersley to learn that he broke the previous 17 pound, 12 ounce record set by Luis Aragon while fishing in Quantico Creek, Virginia. They were discovered thriving in a Crofton, MD pond nearly … IGFA keeps world records for seven varieties of snakehead but does not recognize fishing with bow and arrow in any record consideration for any species. Well-known snakehead waters include lower Potomac River creeks, the upper Patuxent River, and the Blackwater River on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Photo courtesy of Emanuel Tankersley.Emanuel Tankersley wasn’t looking for fame when he caught a monster northern snakehead last year while fishing on a Northern Virginia creek. "Humans have been introducing snakeheads to nonindigenous waters for over 100 years. Plus, there is no minimum size or possession limit and they’re accessible from land for shore anglers. Previously, another Virginian, Caleb Newton, held the IGFA world-record with a 17-pound, 6-ounce snakehead caught in 2013 on Aquia Creek, also a tributary of the Potomac.Unlike Virginia, Maryland chooses to recognize state-record snakehead catches and allows them to be caught and registered by any legal method including bow and arrow.
Snakeheads are aggressive and hard-fighting gamefish that are tasty to eat. (Try them deep fried and dipped in buffalo wing sauce or grilled with onions and butter.) World record According to the International Game Fish Association , Caleb Newton, a Spotsylvania County, Virginia , resident, caught a world-record 17 lb 6 oz (7.9 kg) northern snakehead at the junction of Aquia Creek and the Potomac River , United States, on June 1, 2013. They were discovered thriving in a Crofton, MD pond nearly 20 years ago. Snakeheads are native to Asia where they are popular table fare. Natural resource agencies track snakehead populations and encourage anglers to kill and eat as many snakeheads as they can to help reduce the fish’s impact on native fish.Within the past year or two, tackle shop owners in the region have seen a significant spike in interest among their customers targeting snakeheads. 's 1st State Record Pomfret May Beat World RecordOyster Recovery Partnership Sets Shell-Recycling Record The current Maryland record holder is Andy Fox, who used an arrow to skewer a 19.90-pound snakehead in May 2018.